# Q & Trey: Can the President Bypass Congress?

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459/q-trey-can-the-president-bypass-congress
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459/q-trey-can-the-president-bypass-congress.md
Podcast: [The Trey Gowdy Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459)
Published: 2026-04-09T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM5882016617.mp3?updated=1775694183
Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM5882016617.mp3?updated=1775694183
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459/episodes/q-trey-can-the-president-bypass-congress
Duration seconds: 1067

## Resource

Does the President have the power to pay federal workers during a shutdown? Trey dissects the limits of executive power and law. He also answers the common question of whether he would ever serve as U.S. Attorney General and follows up on his critique of UConn coach Geno Auriemma’s behavior following the South Carolina Gamecocks' recent NCAA Final Four victory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459/episodes/q-trey-can-the-president-bypass-congress/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459/q-trey-can-the-president-bypass-congress.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.